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Hours curtailed to try and stop incidental infections. in the press today, there is talk of potentially cutting the isolation period for staff that work in the nhs down from the seven days, before it was ten daysin the seven days, before it was ten days in england, now down to seven with lateral flow testing for a couple of days, but in other countries, in the united states for example, they have cut that down to five days and there are some calls to do the same thing in this country. at the moment, the level of staff absences is manageable, i think, but i think the concern is what happened ov...

Going to be delayed and that doesn't feel like a minor issue for those people, so we will see some additional challenges for people facing further delays and that adds to the ongoing issue of backlog of cases in the system. in a to the ongoing issue of backlog of cases in the system.— to the ongoing issue of backlog of cases in the system. in a move which could improve _ cases in the system. in a move which could improve the _ cases in the system. in a move which could improve the availability - cases in the system. in a move which could improve the availability of - could improve the availa...

Uk health and security agency, deem it appropriate that you can have two negative tests on consecutive days as we do now with day six and seven, thenit as we do now with day six and seven, then it is a good thing to keep under review. he then it is a good thing to keep under review.— then it is a good thing to keep under review. , ., , under review. he denied reports the government — under review. he denied reports the government was _ under review. he denied reports the government was planning _ under review. he denied reports the government was planning to - under review. he denied repor...

In people in contact with children, and it's now going to spread into older adults at much higher risk of severe disease. there are now calls for nhs workers to be prioritised for lateral flow tests to ease winter pressures. the government says the number of kits will triple by early next year after supply was recently described as patchy. some pharmacists for example didn't receive anything yesterday, so i have been asking around in terms of, like, if people have had their supply. some pharmacies received one box, some received two, but some received none. so, it's very patchy, it's inconsist...

Day because of covid—19. that is concerning because there are high numbers as well in sheffield, bath and like i say, this is what they are concerned about, and there were calls yesterday to give priority access to nhs staff a lateral flow tests, there has been some concern that they have to access the tests the same way as the general public and there are some calls for them to be given priority access because if they are self—isolating due to household contacts, they need to get back to work quickly with their stats. ~ . . . back to work quickly with their stats. ~ . u, , back to work qu...